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🍕 Workers at a Minneapolis pizza shop and community members chased off ICE agents who were reportedly in the area after learning about the shop’s fundraiser, delivering free meals to neighbors afraid to leave their homes amid the ICE raids. (Video)
⚖️ Six federal prosecutors resigned after the Department of Justice reportedly both pushed them to investigate the wife of Renee Nicole Good and refused to include state officials in investigating whether the shooting itself was lawful. (Gifted link)
👏 The ACLU dismissed a lawsuit after the Trump administration released tens of millions in funding to Planned Parenthood, providing a critical lifeline for the healthcare provider.
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Kevin Mohatt for The Washington Post
In a major milestone, 70% of cancer patients in the U.S. now survive at least five years after diagnosis
The U.S. just reached a major new milestone in the fight against cancer, with seven in 10 people now surviving at least five years after diagnosis — up from just half in the 1970s and 63% in the mid-90s.
Cancer survival rates are measured at the five-year benchmark since the risk of certain cancers returning declines significantly if they haven’t come back within that time.
The American Cancer Society credits improved treatment options, earlier detection, and more with the historic achievement, estimating that 4.8 million cancer deaths were prevented from 1991 to 2023.
What’s the nuance? A major reason we’re celebrating this progress is all the research and funding that’s been invested in prevention, detection, and treatment — and federal funding cuts to cancer research (down 31% in the first five months of 2025) put continued progress at risk.
An Altadena teen raised millions for wildfire recovery — and opened a community center for girls
Avery Colvert was an eighth grader when the Eaton Fire tore through Altadena, California last year, destroying nearly 10,000 structures. It was the second natural disaster she’d survived — the first, flash flooding in Nashville, Tennessee, took her family’s home.
While her home was spared in the fires, her school was not — nor were the homes of some of her classmates. Wanting to help, she put out a call for donations on social media, and in addition to physical donations, she received millions of dollars.
Colvert founded Altadena Girls with her mother, and in October 2025, opened an 11,000-square-foot space offering free programming, supplies, and gathering areas for teen girls impacted by wildfires.
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